Student
From Cottonwood To Be Honored at Ceremony in LewistonCottonwood student Jace Perrin took second place for the first grade
level in the Idaho Public Television/KUID regional READING RAINBOW Young
Writers and Illustrators Awards contest.
Perrin’s story is titled “The Three Bullies.” All contestants wrote
stories illustrated with at least five pictures and submitted the entries
to the IdahoPTV station in their region.
A celebration at Hastings Books, Music and Video in Lewiston, on May
12 (Saturday), at 2:00 p.m. will showcase Perrin and other regional winners.
They will read their stories aloud; receive certificates signed by LeVar
Burton, host of the READING RAINBOW series; and receive prizes donated
by the host bookstore.
Statewide, 976 students submitted entries from 108 Idaho communities
to IdahoPTV regional stations — KUID/Moscow, KISU/Pocatello and KAID/Boise
— for the 13th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators contest.
In North Idaho, 300 students submitted stories and illustrations for judging.
First-place stories from each region of Idaho will be available by
the end of May for viewing on the IdahoPTV Web site (idahoptv.org).
The annual competition is for students in kindergarten through third
grade. Entries are judged on originality, creative expression, storytelling
and integration of text and pictures.
READING RAINBOW, a television series that encourages children to read
on their own, airs weekdays on IdahoPTV at 2:30/1:30 p.m. MT/PT. Idaho
Public Television airs 11 hours of children’s programming each weekday
and five and a half hours each Sunday morning — more than 60 hours each
week.